exhaust
verb (used with object)
to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person.
exhauster
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a word derived from
exhaust.
Example Sentences
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This process is assisted by the use of an exhauster of the usual construction.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
A horizontal compound steam-engine is usually employed to drive the exhauster.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
He plugged in his razor, turned on the exhauster in the slot below the mirror to keep the clippings out of his eyes, and began to shave.
From Satellite System by Horace Brown Fyfe
It is an alleviator of human sorrow, an exhauster of oppressive cares.
From Talkers With Illustrations by John Bate
One of the most insignificant-looking men I ever saw then became the destroyer of nations, the leveller of mountains, the exhauster of the ocean.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
